Idris Elba's new thriller, Hijack, is getting glowing reviews from viewers leaving their thoughts on social media and Rotten Tomatoes. The TV show currently has a 89 per cent rating on the site's 'Tomatometer', with the glossy series' slick, fast-paced twists and turns proving to be a big hit.
The seven-episode series which is paced in real time over a seven-hour flight, follows Elba's character, Sam Nelson, who is on a plane from Dubai to London that has been hijacked. Nelson is a corporate negotiator who tries to use his professional skills to save the passengers on the plane.
Speaking to the PA news agency at the show's premiere in London, Elba said the set was a "millimetre by millimetre replica" of a plane and was "designed to be uncomfortable" to capture a lack of space. He explained: "[It was] claustrophobic, but designed that way you know? Planes are not like boxing rings, there's no place to swing.
